{"id":159417,"date":"2016-03-19T02:16:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-18T20:46:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/?p=159417"},"modified":"2016-03-20T00:00:42","modified_gmt":"2016-03-19T18:30:42","slug":"multi-million-dollar-krrish-deal-haunts-namal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colombotelegraph.com\/index.php\/multi-million-dollar-krrish-deal-haunts-namal\/","title":{"rendered":"Multi-Million Dollar Krrish Deal Haunts Namal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Parliamentarian\u00a0Namal Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> is coming under increasing pressure from the FCID<\/span><\/a>, this time over the controversial multi-million dollar Krrish deal<\/span><\/a>. Namal, who was summoned to the FCID on Thursday, was interrogated for several hours where he was accused of pocketing between Rs. 70 to 100 million from the deal.<\/p>\n

\"Namal<\/a>

Namal Rajapaksa<\/p><\/div>\n

Speaking to reporters, Namal, the eldest son of former President Mahinda Rajapaksa<\/span><\/a> said, \u201ctoday they have found a new issue. First it was about a murder, then it was about money laundering, and now they are questioning me about a certain company that sponsored the Carlton rugby super sevens tournament,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

He however did not explicitly mention the FCID grilled him over the Krrish deal. \u201cThey didn\u2019t even know the exact amount; they asked if I had taken money, somewhere between 70 to 100 million. I told them I never did any such thing,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

The US$ 650 million Krrish Tower project which was initiated during former President Rajapaksa\u2019s period has been marred with controversy with allegations of secret payoffs to several VIPs in the country at that time.<\/p>\n

Incidentally the drafting of the agreement was reportedly taken over by N R Associates, the legal firm owned by Namal Rajapaksa.<\/p>\n

Before coming to power, Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe was very vociferous<\/span><\/a> about the controversial project and the alleged corruption hovering over the project. At that time he also openly claimed that Namal Rajapaksa was to receive a commission from the deal. Wickremesinghe has however been very silent about the matter since coming to power.<\/p>\n

In 2013, Harsha de Silva, the current deputy foreign minister and the UNP spokesman on economic affairs in a column written to the Colombo Telegraph said<\/span><\/a> that it appeared as if the entire project was a hoax and that Parliament was misled both by the minister and the investor. \u201cWe demand that the massive tax breaks granted to this investor be cancelled immediately and an impartial investigation be launched in to what exactly happened. The investigation must find out who were behind this transaction and blacklist all such persons so that hereafter Parliament will not be duped by such fly-by-night operators with connections to high places,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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